Miss Philippines, Precious Lara Quigaman wins Miss International 2005

Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman of the Philippines won the coveted crown of Miss International 2005 held in Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 26 2005. She was crowned by last year's Miss International 2004, Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia. Precious is the 4th Filipina to win the title. 52 lovely delegates all over the globe participated in the annual event where they celebrate it's 45th year.

Miss Dominican Republic, Yadira Geara Cury and Miss Finland, Susanna Laine were the 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively. Other delegates in the finals were:
Brazil - Ariane Colombo
Colombia - Diana Arbeláez
France - Cynthia Tevere
Japan - Naomi Ishizaka
Peru - Vanessa López Vera
Serbia & Montenegro - Sanja Miljanic
Turkey - Sebnem Asade
Ukraine - Mariya Zhukova
Venezuela - Andrea Gómez

Chosen by the other delegates as Miss Friendship was Queenie Chu of Hong Kong. Miss China, Yang Li was awarded as Miss Photogenic while Margareth Wilson, Miss Tanzania is the Best in National Costume.

Miss International 2005 Contestants:
Aruba - Gita van Bochove
Australia - Natalie Gillard
Bahamas - Brianna Clarke
Bolivia - Gretel María Stehli Parada
Brazil - Ariane Colombo
Canada - Micaela Smith
China - Yang Li
Colombia - Diana Patricia Arbeláez
Cyprus - Charis Dimitriou
Czech Republic - Petra Machackova
Dominican Republic- Yadira Geara Cury
Ecuador - Bianca María Salame Avilés
El Salvador - Ana Saidia Palma Rebollo
Ethiopia - Dina Fekadu Mosissa
Finland - Susanna Laine
France - Cynthia Tevere
Germany - Annika Pinter
Greece - Panagiota Perimeni
Honduras - Ingrid Lopez
Hong Kong - Queenie Chu
India - Vaishali Desai
Israel - Moran Gerbi
Japan - Naomi Ishizaka
Kazakhstan - Antontseva Segeevna
Korea - Lee Kyoung-eun
Macau - Zheng Ma
Malaysia - Winnie Chan Wai Ling
Mongolia - Gantogoo Bayarkhuu
Nepal - Nisha Adhikary
New Caledonia - Lesley Delrieu
New Zealand - Ellie Bloomfield
Nicaragua - Daniela Regina Clerk
Norway - Karoline Nakken
Panama - Lucia Graciela Matamoros Samudio
Paraguay - Liz Concepción Santacruz Amarilla
Peru - Vanessa López Vera Tudela
Philippines - Precious Lara Quigaman
Poland - Monika Szeroka
Puerto Rico - Dinorah Collazo
Serbia & Montenegro - Sanja Miljanic
Singapore - Catherine Tan
Slovakia - Lucia Debnarova
Spain - Maria del Pilar Domínquez
Sweden - Cecilia Harbo Kristiansen
Taiwan - Li Yen Chin
Tanzania - Margareth Wilson Kiguha Chacha
Thailand - Sukanya Pimmol
Turkey - Sebnem Asade
Ukraine - Mariya Zhukova
United Kingdom - Amy Guy
USA - Anna Ward
Venezuela - Andrea Gómez